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Biden to speak at 3:45 pm (ET) (Original Post)
BeyondGeography
Aug 2021
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JohnSJ
(92,060 posts)1. good
malaise
(268,665 posts)2. Good
K & R
malaise
(268,665 posts)3. Good
K & R
AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)4. Good -- but it should be in prime time
Unless this is going to be aired internationally.
He needs to be concise and honest about how this decision was reached. Safe and orderly is anything but right now videos of people literally hanging on to a USAF plane as it starts its takeoff.
Probatim
(2,499 posts)5. He could spend the rest of the week detailing the wreckage of army after army in Afghanistan
and go into gory detail about what we lost over the last 20 years - and read TFG's statements on the most beautiful peace deal ever created and he'll still get crucified by the right and their minions.
Being a Democratic president isn't any different than being an invading army in Kandahar.
highplainsdem
(48,892 posts)6. K&R